Largest U.S.-Canada border crossing looks almost ready to open in Ontario

Over 100 land ports of entry currently serve the almost 8,900-kilometre U.S.-Canada border, but the largest one of all is just months away from opening in Windsor, Ontario.

Canada's new largest port of entry (POE) on the U.S. border is all but complete as part of the enormous $6.4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge project, set to welcome cross-border traffic in fall 2025.

The approximately 53-hectare/130-acre POE on the Canadian side of the border has been largely overshadowed by the record-breaking bridge it will serve, though it, too, will become the largest of its class once the first cars and trucks roll through later this year.

Work on the POE is currently progressing rapidly and appears to be nearing completion ahead of a yet-to-be-announced fall opening date.

The expansive footprint of the POE is apparent in photos of the site. According to project officials, the site's size "allows for the installation of further technology and the addition of expanded border processing facilities."

Aerial footage of the site, captured this past spring, has also been released, helping to weave the photo update into context.

While it will be the largest in Canada, an even larger POE is also gearing up to open on the opposite side of the Detroit River.

Together, the two ports of entry will form part of a network that closes a longstanding missing link in an international trucking route between Windsor and Detroit, connecting Michigan's I-75 with Ontario's Highway 401.

New images of the Canadian POE come on the heels of a key project milestone with the removal of the first of two tower cranes used in the construction of the bridge.